Stan Levey was a very big guy. As a young men he boxed for a while as a heavyweight. Look at the size of his hands resting on his snare drum. They look huge! That bass drum has 10 lugs which are usually found on 22" Ludwig bass drums. Ludwig 20" bass drums usually have 8 lugs. I think the bass drum, and everything else, just looks smaller because he's so big. It looks similar to the kit he used when he played with Stan Kenton. I'm guessing it a 13/16/22 kit.

Bass drum appears to be a New Yorker, 12" deep. I own a few.

Is it a 20" or a 22"? With 10 lugs I assume its 22".

I read his book, Stan Levey - Jazz Heavyweight, and it really got me going on his drumming. He had a great life story, not all good, but very interesting. He played with most of the greats of jazz and was one of the most recorded drummers ever. Not bad for a guy many have never heard of and rarely does he make it into a top 20 list of great jazz drummers. Charlie Watts was in love with the guy.

It's a great read on jazz and bebop history.

The DVD-Stan Levey-The Original Original is a great piece of work if you want to learn more about his life and career. Stan's son Bob was my first drum teacher back in the early 1970s. Bob is a great drummer in his own right.

Looks like a 12x22 to me as well. 10 lugs almost certainly means a 22" (or larger).

Catalog New Yorker set was a 12x22 bass and an 8x12 mounted tom, no floor tom but of course no big deal to order one to add on. But the mtd. tom has the big lugs which would generally mean it is a 13" although if it was an early enough WFL it could be a 12" with them. And if the tom is a 13" then the floor is probably a 16".

As an endorser it's probable that he had some leeway to easily get whatever configuration he wanted. Even for a non-endorser they'd put together what you wanted but for a "known" guy it was probably even easier to get your desires accommodated.

I find many more 22-13 New Yorker sets than 22-12 sets. In those days dealers would order you whatever you requested, irregardless of catalog listings.

On further inspection, could this be a publicity shot and not his drum set? Although he was left handed and it is set up for a lefty.